She’s definitely grown a lot since her birth. Her last weigh-in was at about three weeks old and she weighed about 7lbs, 11oz. By now she’s got to be at least 8lbs. She definitely feels like it. Nursing her and only using one arm can get really tiresome, really fast. I can feel her weight against my arm and that’s definitely a change from when she first came into this world.

She wakes up for several hours several times a day. When she is awake, she is alert and loves to look around at her surroundings. I love watching her little eyes dart around the room. She is attracted to lights and can stare at them for awhile. Her little arms and legs flail and kick when she’s wide awake. She opens and clothes her mouth and sometimes can get a little sound out.

Her cry is slowly changing from that familiar “newborn” cry. She’s also developing distinct cries. She has her hungry cry, her annoyed cry, her wet cry… I don’t know if I ever noticed it with M, but I notice the difference in the cries with K.

Two days ago, we used the last of her newborn-sized diapers and officially moved her on to size 1 diapers. She had been ready for a week or two, but we wanted to use up the rest of the newborn diapers before we sized her up. I can’t believe how fast she out grew those newborn-sized diapers!

She’s also out grown several of her newborn sleepers, but that was a week or so ago. She now fits snuggly in 0-3mo sized sleepers and onsies. She no longer swims in that size anymore. My baby is definitely growing.

Happy One Month, Little K. We love you so much and love how complete you’ve made our family feel. Keep growing and developing. May God continue to bless you always.

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Stuck on a dinner idea? We’ve been looking to Pinterest for some inspiration.

Sometimes, before we go grocery shopping, I will scour Pinterest for some meal ideas. We take inventory on the types of meats we have in the freezer, and I just do a search for those types of meals.

We seem to have tons of chicken in our fridge. I don’t know how we accumulated so much chicken, but we have it. So we decided we needed to use it.

I went on Pinterest and pinned these two recipes.

These two recipes were perfect for our family. They were quick and flavors were good enough for M to enjoy.

Now, when I find a recipe, I have a difficult time following them precisely, unless I’m baking.

So when I find a recipe, I tend to just take the “idea” of the meal and make it my own.

For the Chicken Asparagus Lemon Stir Fry, we didn’t have any lemon juice, so I didn’t use it. I also added mushrooms with the asparagus. The recipe called for a certain amount of ginger, but I decided to lessen it because I didn’t want it to be too harsh for M. However, I did make sure that we got the hint of a ginger flavor in the dish. I would like to try it with lemon juice eventually. I just have to remember to buy some next time I want to make this dish. My version of the dish was M and Hubby approved, but I would love to kick up the ginger flavor eventually.

For the Honey Soy Baked Chicken Thighs, we found this recipe last minute. The recipe states to marinate the chicken thighs overnight in the marinade, but since this was a last minute find, we only let the chicken sit in the marinade for about 10-20 minutes before we cooked them. In this case, we saw the ingredients and just added them all to taste. We didn’t even look at the measurements. We wanted a good balance of the sweet from the honey and the salt from the soy sauce, and I think we found it. The chicken smelled so good and it was most definitely M approved. Next time we do this, we would like to let the chicken marinate overnight.

So basically, we use the Pinterest pins as more of an inspiration than a definitive recipe. It helps give me a better idea of what to buy during our weekly grocery trips. Sometimes, I pin a recipe that inspires me to create something completely different from the pin. It’s all about inspiration.

How do you handle Pinterest meals?

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It’s been a full work week (Mon-Fri) where its just been me and the two littles, M and K.

It’s not been easy. In fact, I’m typing this up one-handed as both girls are napping, but K decided my arms were much more comfortable than any flat, soft surface I tried to lie her down on. No worries. Past experience has taught me that these babies only stay this little for so long and that I should make the most of every opportunity I have to hug, snuggle and cuddle with them.

So, please excuse any overlooked typos..

It’s definitely been chaotic. I’m still trying to figure out the best way to make life run as smoothly as possible. Hubby and I are still trying to figure out how best to juggle both girls when it comes to meal times and bedtimes. It’s trial and error, but as long as both kids get fed and both kids sleep, I think we’ve been pretty successful.

The house is a mess most of the day. Laundry piles up. Diapers are everywhere. Clothes are everywhere and we never know if they are clean or dirty. Dishes pile in the sink.

Definitely chaos until Hubby comes home from work.

But, I’m embracing the chaos. It’s only been three weeks since K’s been born. It’s only been three weeks since I could actually move around. It’s only been one week that I’ve been doing this on my own.

It’s a learning curve, and I’m definitely trying to figure things out one task at a time.

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She’s starting to become more aware of her surroundings. She can hear our voices and will turn her head toward the voice that is talking to her. She still sleeps through most of the day, but will find several hours of the day to be awake. Those hours are usually around 6-8am..

She gives me a good 4 hours of sleep at night between feedings.. Four hours of sleep feels so much better than three hours. It’s amazing how refreshing having that extra hour of sleep feels..

M is getting more and more adjusted to having a little sister around. She loves to give K kisses all over. She’s becoming a very loving big sister.

I can’t believe K has been here for three weeks already. She feels like she’s been with our family for such a long time. She just found her place in our little family and I love how complete we all feel.

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